PRESENT SITUATION AND LIKELY DEVELOPMENT OF SNCF SUBURBAN NETWORK

SITUATION ACTUELLE ET PERSPECTIVES D'AVENIR DU RESEAU DE LA BANLIEUE S.N.C.F.

The author is an Ingenieur Principal Hors Classe at the SNCF, and Head of the Paris Region Transport Division. In this article, he describes the present configuration of the Suburban network following the latest modifications, and gives details of the traffic volume. He then deals with the improvements planned nad the most recent developments in the spheres of infrastructure and rolling stock in particular, followed by future projects concerning transport quality and capacity, extensions to the network (transversal and new lines), and interconnections (simultaneous use in Paris of standard gauge tunnels by the SNCF and the RATP); finally, he provides some information on studies concerning by-pass and suburb-to-suburb lines.

• Corporate Authors:

  Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais

  92 rue Bonaparte
  75 Paris 6e,   France 
• Authors:
  • CHARLES, J
• Publication Date: 1973-4

Language

• French

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 205-212
• Serial:
  • REVUE GENERALE DES CHEMINS DE FER

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commuter service; Network analysis (Planning); Passenger service; Policy; Transportation; Transportation planning; Tunnels; Urban transportation
• Identifier Terms: Societe nationale des chemins de fer francais
• Old TRIS Terms: Government policies
• Subject Areas: Operations and Traffic Management; Policy; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00050629
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: French National Railways
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 31 1981 12:00AM